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- Chapter 26
- Verse 30
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass the same day,.... That the above things were transacted:
that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged; they had dug it before Abimelech came…
- The Events of Isaac’s Life 5. משׁמרת mı̂shmeret, “charge, ordinance.” מציה mı̂tsvâh, “command,” special order. חק choq, “decree, statute,” engraven on stone or metal. תירה tôrâh, “law,” doctrine,…
Adam Clarke
He made them a feast - Probably on the sacrifice that was offered on the occasion of making this covenant. This was a common custom.
We have here the contests that had been between Isaac and the Philistines issuing in a happy peace and reconciliation.
I. Abimelech pays a friendly visit to Isaac, in token of the respect he had for…
Cambridge Bible
a feast A "feast" was partaken of by the two parties in a covenant. Cf. Gen 31:54. Here it is an evening "drinking banquet" cf. Gen 19:3.
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